Winger Deon Hotto scored for a 10-man Namibia in their 1-1 draw against Swaziland at the Sam Nujoma Stadium in Windhoek on Wednesday night. The two sides met in an international friendly match on a FIFA date and under the floodlights of the Sam Nujoma Stadium and with a good crowd of supporters to cheer the home team on, Ricardo Manetti's charges started off well.

The Brave Warriors dominated possession and had promising build ups with the likes of midfield dynamo Wangu Gome, the hard-running Lazarus Kaimbi and the combative captain Ronald Ketjijere linking up well with the target man Henrico Botes and young striker Itamunua Keimuine.

Maritzburg United have confirmed the signing of Ghanaian striker Mike Mohammed who spent the first few weeks of his time in South Africa on trial at Kaizer Chiefs. Mohammed was plying his trade in Swaziland for Mbabane Swallows before he was invited for trials by AmaKhosi, who later decided against signing him. However, the 23-year-old marksman went on to try his luck at the Team of Choice before putting pen to paper ahead of the start of the League campaign on Friday. "We've signed Mike Mohammed. I'm not sure about the length (of the contract), but I think it's a three-year contract," Kadodia told Goal.

Leone Stars defeated Sihlangu Semnikati of Swaziland 1-0 at the National Stadium in Freetown on Saturday to qualify to the second round stage of the 2015 African Cup of Nations qualifiers 2-1 on aggregate. Skipper Umaru 'Zingallay' Bangura converted a penalty spot kick in the second half to score his first ever international goal. In spite of the victory, Leone Stars' overall performance was not that convincing. Midfielder Rodney Strasser injured his shoulder earlier in the match and was rushed to the hospital for medical treatment. The National Stadium was not full to capacity but thousands of people including former Liverpool player Craig Bellamy attended the match.

Englishman Stephen Constantine debuts as Rwanda coach this weekend and has the chance to make an instant impact by causing an Africa Cup of Nations shock. The central Africans host Libya, a team 27 places higher in the CAF rankings, level on aggregate having forced a 0-0 first-leg draw. And playing in Kigali offers the Rwandan 'Wasps' a potentially crucial advantage over the Libyan 'Mediterranean Knights'. But former Nepal, India, Malawi and Sudan handler Constantine is hyper-cautious ahead of the first round, second leg qualifier for the 2015 tournament in Morocco.

Swaziland held Sierra Leone to a 1-all draw during an Orange Morocco 2015 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) first round first leg qualifier match played at the Somhlolo National Stadium on Sunday. The Leone Stars therefore carry an away goal advantage going into the second leg match that is scheduled for their capital city of Freetown in a fortnight. They were the first to draw blood in one of the fastest goals in the tournament as they located the net as early as the 1st minute through Sulaiman Fullah. The player just could not believe his luck when he was gifted with the ball by Sihlangu defender Sifiso Mabila inside the box with a poor header as the latter tried to clear the ball. Fullah said thank you very much by sending a shot at goal that Sihlangu goalkeeper Nhlanhla could not stop.

Unlucky Libya are among 26 countries in second round action this weekend when the qualifying journey to the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations (CAN) continues. The 'Mediterranean Knights' were ranked 12 in Africa this month by Fifa, but that placing does not count when it comes to the premier CAF national team competition. Instead, results from the past three Cup of Nations and the 2014 World Cup qualifiers determine which countries play in the preliminaries and which get byes to the group stage. Sudan, who are 21 places below Libya in the Fifa rankings, pipped Libya for the last of 21 automatic entries into the mini-leagues.

Royal Leopard are now 2013/14 season's quadruple champions and they have rewritten Swaziland football's history books. Police side Royal Leopard are now over E2.4 million richer after winning their fourth trophy this season alone by claiming the MTN Premier League with a game left after beating Umbelebele Jomo Cosmos 3-nil at the Mavuso Sports Centre yesterday. They won E600 000 in the season's opener, the SwaziTelecom Charity Cup, E450 000 from the SwaziTelecom Trade Fair Cup, E700 000 from the SwaziBank Cup before claiming E600 000 for winning the league.

Lesotho and Tunisia have taken commanding leads into the second leg of the 19th African Youth Championship Senegal 2015 qualifiers.

The Young Crocodiles of Lesotho humbled their Swazi counterparts 3-0 Lobamba, just as the Carthage Eaglets of Tunisia replicated a similar feat over the visiting 'Les Mourabitounes Juniors' of Maurtania in Tunis in the biggest wins of the first leg matches at the weekend.

Courtesy the huge scorelines, the two teams appear to have one foot at the next stage of the qualifying campaign.

Visiting Lesotho led at half time thanks to a Tumelo Khutlang strike on the half-hour mark. Khutland doubled the lead on 58 minutes before Teboho Lekhooa scored from the spot to wrap up victory.

A host of missed gilt-edged chances deprived Swaziland a chance to make it two wins out of two games as they were held to a goalless draw by Lesotho's 'Likuena Likuena' at Setsoto National Stadium yesterday afternoon. After managing to beat their Lesotho counterparts by a solitary goal in the first international friendly match at the same venue on Friday, yesterday they failed to score despite being glaringly on top of their opponents and forcing them to defend yet playing at home.

This score-line could be attributed to ill-luck as the visitors did all they could to win this one yet the Basotho could only create a few chances leaving Sihlangu goalkeeper Mphikeleli 'Rabo' Dlamini untroubled at the last line of defence.

The lanky striker, who replaced Moneni Pirates mid-fielder Mxolisi 'General' Lukhele in the second half, headed home an inviting cross from captain Tony 'TT' Tsabedze who came darting on the left flank. This goal was scored with a minute remaining the clock to virtually settle this otherwise entertaining encounter played before a reasonable crowd of about 1 000 people. It was also Hlatjwako's first goal for Sihlangu in his first official game for the squad.